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Shadows on the track, Australia's medical war in Papua 1942-1943 : Kokoda - Milne Bay - The Beachhead Battles, Jan Mcleod

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Jan Mcleod

Australia's medical war in Papua 1942-1943 : Kokoda - Milne Bay - The Beachhead Battles

Death and disease were inevitable outcomes, but the scale of the suffering was not. The medical challenges presented in Papua were extreme - they were not insurmountable. Shadows on the Track considers a wide range of issues that impacted on the health of the Australian soldiers before, during and after the Papuan campaign was fought and won. The strengths, successes, shortcomings and failures of the medical campaign are identified, analysed and evaluated. The focus on the front-line medical personnel - the men of the field ambulance units - brings a new perspective to the battles of the Kokoda Track, Milne Bay and the Beachheads. Shining a light on these Australians who tended the sick, mended the wounded and buried the dead in Papua makes stepping out of the shadows a little easier

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